A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE EXHIBITION

Sotheby’s is pleased to announce a groundbreaking exhibition in collaboration with BlackBook Presents. Following BlackBook’s acclaimed book A Woman’s Right To Pleasure, the exhibition presents an unapologetic view of the female experience and pleasure through the bold and imaginative women who contribute to these groundbreaking dialogues through their work. Featuring work by pioneering women artists, alongside the contemporary female names that continue to expand upon these necessary conversations, A Woman’s Right To Pleasure offers a radical take on the female experience as it has evolved over the last hundred years.

FEATURED WORKS BY: GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, LEONOR FINI, LOIE HOLLOWELL, JUDY CHICAGO, TRACEY EMIN, CECILY BROWN, LOUISE BOURGEOIS, AUSTYN WEINER, SHARA HUGHES, NAN GOLDIN, ALLISON ZUCKERMAN, KATHERINA OLSCHBAUR, EMILY MARIE MILLER, HAYV KAHRAMAN, PENNY SLINGER, JUDITH BERNSTEIN, ANGELA HEISCH, JESSIE MAKINSON, REKA NYARI, JENNY HOLZER, SOPHIA WALLACE, MARILYN MINTER, RENEE COX, BETTY TOMPKINS, MARY BETH EDELSON AND ALEXANDRA RUBINSTEIN.

ALONG WITH THE EXHIBITION, SOTHEBY’S IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A DIGITAL EXHIBITION EXCLUSIVELY ON SOTHEBY’S DIGITAL PLATFORM FEATURING ADDITIONAL WORKS BY JUDY CHICAGO, MARILYN MINTER, AMANDA CHARCHIAN, MAIRI-LUISE TABBAKH, DANI LESSNAU, NATALIE KRIM AND MORE.

MORE ABOUT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE:

“In painting, sculpture, photography, performance (documentation), and collage, and importantly across all the waves of feminism and even from the decades before the movement claimed that moniker, A Woman’s Right to Pleasure not only makes the case for equality in the libido as much as in everything else, it does so in leading by example.” —LA WEEKLY

“A playful and provocative look at female sexuality.” —WALLPAPER*

“In the face of misygony and the horrifying modern circus around Roe v. Wade, the exhibition contemplates what womanhood really means — unpacking the idea of pleasure, and pushing the line of thought further.” —OFFICE MAGAZINE

“Continuing in the spirit of the original publication, the exhibition examines expressions of female sexuality over the last century.” —DAZED

READ MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION IN: LA WEEKLY, WALLPAPER*, DAZED, OFFICE MAGAZINE AND HARPER’S BAZAAR. VIEW ALL PRESS HERE.

CURATED AND PRODUCED BY ALEXANDRA WEISS